Immune complex type crescentic glomerulonephritis and ANCA-positivity in a nine-year-old girl

SOYLU A., Kavukcu S., Turgut C., Turkmen M., SARIOĞLU S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.44, sa.2, ss.172-175, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.172-175
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA), childhood, crescentic glomerulonephritis, immune complex, ANTINEUTROPHIL-CYTOPLASMIC AUTOANTIBODIES, POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report a nine-year-old girl who presented with the clinical and laboratory findings of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. She was found to be positive for both pANCA and cANCA. However, renal histopathology revealed immune complex type of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Thus, although testing for ANCA is an important tool in the prediction of the subtype of crescentic glomerulonephritis, a renal biopsy is still required to establish the diagnosis.